Get Ready To RumbleJohn Spencer is an award-winning scholar, professor, author, combat veteran, national security and military analyst, and internationally recognized expert and advisor on urban warfare, military strategy, tactics, and other related topics. Considered one of the world’s leading experts on urban warfare, he served as an advisor to the top four-star general and other senior leaders in the U.S. Army as part of strategic research groups from the Pentagon to the United States Military Academy.He’s authored over 130 articles in our leading intellectual publications. He is the author of three books, including The Mini-Manual for the Urban Defender, which was translated into 16 languages.Robert A. Pape is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago specializing in international security affairs. His commentary on international security policy has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, New Republic, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, and Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, as well as on Nightline, ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, and National Public Radio. Before coming to Chicago in 1999, he taught international relations at Dartmouth College for five years and air power strategy for the USAF's School of Advanced Airpower Studies for three years. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1988 and graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Pittsburgh in 1982. His current work focuses on the causes of suicide terrorism and the politics of unipolarity. He is the director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats.0:00 Introduction3:36 Coin Toss Decision5:30 Robert Opening Pape's Argument11:20 John Spencer's Counterargument15:53 Pape Responds29:53 Assessing Hamas's Strategic Goals34:00 Critique on Planning for the Future37:13 Rebuilding Democracy in the Middle East41:01 Pape's Preferred Israeli Strategies for October 8th42:46 Creating a Wedge Strategy47:09 Insights from General McChrystal49:42 Differing Military Strategies50:23 Debating Military Approaches51:38 Winning Battles vs. Winning Wars55:58 Political Power Dynamics59:00 Importance of Words in Strategy1:01:27 Acknowledging Past Mistakes1:04:53 Counterinsurgency Strategies1:08:36 Role of Threat in Strategy1:10:20 Separating Militant Groups1:12:05 Achieving Strategic Objectives1:12:09 Counterinsurgency Tactics1:14:20 Importance of Meaningful Conversations1:14:38 Sharp Arguments and Surviving Contact with the Enemy

Elie Honig is CNN's senior legal analyst, a former federal and state prosecutor and the bestselling author of Hatchet Man.

Join the host and Nick Gillespie for a lively chat exploring Japanese cuisine evolution, political violence, Black Lives Matter riots, Kimberly H. Sheedle controversy, conspiracy theories, Sheath Underwear sponsorship, bralettes comfort, Trump's presidency analysis, and Trump's Supreme Court impact compared to Biden.

Partisanship or principle? IMHO, one of the best and most reasonable liberal analysts of the current Supreme Court, discusses Trump's immunity and Chevron's reversal decisions and what motivated them.Also, Cannon's dismissal.Contributor for New York magazine, also The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The New York Review of Books, The New Republic, The Atlantic, TIME, USA Today, WIRED, Slate, The American Prospect, and the Columbia Journalism Review.

The former chief of Israel's internal intelligence agency discusses all things Gaza, Hamas, Israel, peace talks, and more. Buy his book Friendly Fire, How Israel Became its Own Worst Enemy: https://www.amazon.com/Friendly-Fire-Israel-Became-Future/dp/1586422588

In a remarkable and candid conversation, Glenn Loury discusses his new book "Late Admissions," and his amazing, checkered, erratic, inspirational, and dramatic life. 00:00:00 Introduction00:04:37 Performing the book for Audible00:05:04 Had to be Honest to be Believed00:09:09 A Gifted Family00:15:22 Understanding Slavery and History00:20:07 Constant Self-Doubt and Inferiority Complex00:26:11 Betraying a Best Friend00:32:25 Decoding Glenn's Politics from His Life00:32:57 Stealing a Car00:38:54 A Child Is Born00:39:54 Glenn's Son's Gift to His Father00:47:34 Glenn's Heroic Father00:49:05 Glenn feels Put Off by Middle-Class Blacks00:57:13 Arrested01:03:14 Modern Hypocrisy01:05:29 Speaking in Tongues01:09:33 Smoking Crack01:20:21 Called the N-Word 01:24:00 Final Remarks on Humanity

Robert Pape is a professor of political science and founding director of the Chicago project on security and threats at the University of Chicago. He is an author and leading scholar of political violence and has been studying terrorism both internationally and domestically for over 20 years. His most recent publication is “Hamas is Winning,” in Foreign Affairs (June 2024).Support the show and get 20% off your 1 st Sheath order athttps://www.sheathunderwear.com/CELLAR or use promo code CELLARNoam made a mistake - At Ma'alot 105 children were taken hostage, 22 were killed. He carelessly read the page in front of him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%27alot_massacre#:~:text=The%20Ma'alot%20massacre%20was,hostages%20and%20six%20other%20civilians. Apoliges to professor Pape.YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/xoCgk-w0wHQ?si=LT-MiBCsV7S733wc

Haviv Rettig Gur, a journalist from The Times of Israel, shares his profound insights on the current Gaza War and its implications for both Israel and American Jews. He delves into whether Netanyahu's policies have inadvertently bolstered Hamas and critiques America’s foreign policy in the region. The conversation navigates the historical narratives surrounding the Nakba and explores the complex identities within Israeli political parties. Gur advocates for a deeper understanding of intersecting Jewish and Islamic narratives, emphasizing the need for coexistence amid conflict.

LeClerc was featured at Just For Laughs Comedy Festival as one of the New Faces of Comedy. He has appeared on The Tonight Show w/Jimmy Fallon, as well as on NBC’s “Bring the Funny."

Nicole Gelinas is a columnist for the New York Post, a regularly quoted source for the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, and a contributing editor to the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal. She has covered New York’s transportation issues for over a decade. Her book, Movement: New York's Long War to Take Back Its Streets from the Car if forthcoming.